This weekend, Gold and Rust turns two! To celebrate, they're having a pop up shop at Neighbor.

There'll be a curated selection of mid century furniture, housewares, glassware/barware and other fabulous finds. If you're looking for that special something for yourself or a loved one, look no further! Stop on by between 12-7 on Saturday, or 12-5 on Sunday. They'll have some drinks & treats too.

Gold and Rush are officially opening our Brick & Mortar store in Berkeley mid September. Stop by for a 20% off coupon for their new store, plus 15% of all proceeds this weekend will be donated to the SPLC. https://www.splcenter.org/ (Southern Poverty Law Center)

Come spend a few of hours of your afternoon learning how to create beautiful and clean burning scented soy candles.

This hands-on event will be hosted by Joy Kwon of Lighten Up Shoppe in Neighbor's gorgeous outdoor space!

You'll be able to create your scents with a variety of fragrance oils, essential oils, and dried flowers.

You'll be provided with all the materials, and should just come ready to get down and dirty with some soy wax (actually, it's a fairly clean and un-messy activity, so we'll just be metaphorically getting "down and dirty"!).

The class will last approximately 1.5-2 hours, and you'll leave with (three) 4 ounce soy candles, which will burn about 20 hours each!

Notes about the Workshop: Minimum Age Requirement: 13 years oldSnacks will be provided -- please feel welcome to BYOB.

Along with our family, Mercy VIntage and Good Stock, we will be open tomorrow, March 8th. As a small, woman owned business, we survive and thrive from the support of ALL!

Choosing where you spend your money sends a critical message that acceptance and equality will not be compromised. We will donate 20% of our sales in support of RAINN. All are welcome tomorrow to join us in conversation, community and compassion at Neighbor. We are here for you as you have always been there for us. Art by Egle Zvirblyte #stayhuman #resist

With both the holidays and the year nearing their end, we're keeping our energy up with revelry and comradery. This weekend the Piedmont Ring is hosting our final holiday event. We will be filling it with pop-ups, cocktails and a photo booth!

On Saturday 17th Neighbor will be hosting Gold & Rust mid-century modern and vintage furniture & home goods and Eothen flowers will be making wreaths in our backyard shed from 12-3! (Gold & Rust will be set up both Saturday and Sunday).

Good Stock will have CWCA in the store from 1-5 with her newest collection of functional, fashionable clothing all hand made in California! They will also be serving up cocktails and Oloorea will be doing services all day.

On Sunday 18th Mercy Vintage will have local bartendress Mindi Marcus (of The Lodge, Dogwood and Missouri Lounge fame) serving a delicious cocktail from 1-5 and Photo-matica will have their photo booth set up out in front from 1-5 as well!

Neighbor will be hosting Baby Cats hand-made children's clothes and Gold & Rust mid-century modern and vintage furniture again! Wine will be served for your shopping pleasure!

Stop by the avenue to pick up some last minute gifts, holiday party attire or to have a drink, take some photos with your friends and hang out! All 3 stores will be open from 11-6. Thank you all for you continued support this holiday season and every day.

We’re lucky to be in a community with magical friends and clients who we care dearly about. With the holidays coming up, we decided to go shopping in each others stores and share some of our dream gifts with you all. Hopefully this will help inspire the fun of gift giving to the people you hold dear, even the ones who are harder to shop for.

Make-up by Oloorea: Mickey is a magical creature. Her work is informed by her big heart, generosity and commitment. Mickey does the make-up for Mercy photo shoots and no one does it better. XO

Handmade Scissors and Kaweco Pen (Neighbor): My love of all things related to paper has grown since opening Neighbor. There is something about using things that are beautifully made to elevate the experience of something as simple as writing.

Arielle De Pinto Necklaces (Good Stock): Or as we call her, ADP, is a long time love of mine. The weight and movement of her work is grounding. The organic nature of it leaves me breathless.

Iosselliani Earrings (Good Stock): I have circled these earrings for a minute. I just want to wear one and I want to wear it everyday! It is truly art for your ears.

Vintage Faux pearl bracelet (Mercy): My love for Chanel is long and deep. And although this bracelet is not Chanel, oversized costume pearl anything makes my heart skip a beat...more is more!

Jess Feury Pillows (Neighbor): These will look great in my new apartment!

Rhonda Allison Purifying Lotion (Oloorea): This facial toner is lightly exfoliating so it can be used every night. It’ll keep my skin clear during holiday stress.

Le Feu de L’eau Candle (Good Stock): The fist Le Feu candle I bought was a splurge, now I own three. They burn for months and add amazing energy to my nightly routine. When the wick is gone, I use the hand dipped casings as pots for succulents. They’re all so fantastic, it’s hard to choose a favorite scent!

Black Sheep White Light Sheep Skins & Leah Sing pillows and throws (Neighbor): The textiles at Neighbor are ethically sourced and produced, they make magic in any home, in any room. These skins, pillows and throws are the perfect gift for anyone, simply beautiful.

Vintage Levis, Bonne Maison Socks, Vintage Workwear & Hat (Mercy): Mercy Vintage has a new denim wall dedicated to their amazing stock of vintage Levis. All the work has been done and you reap the benefit of incredible fit and wash.

Bonne Maison socks (I am wearing and holding them) they have the best colors and print, a perfect stocking stuffer.

Vintage jewelry, bags scarves and hats are one of a kind, which makes them an incredibly special gift.

Clare Vivier Clutches (Good Stock): Gorgeous Italian leather, made in Los Angeles, a functional, luxurious gift. Not easy to put those two words in a sentence

Signature Facial (Oloorea): A truly pampering experience. Michaela has an incredible touch and robust knowledge of skincare, a special gift.

Pearl and Gold Ring by Variance Objects (Good Stock): I’m always drawn to the rough and natural aesthetic of Variance Objects’ jewelry. They maintain femininity in their pieces without being precious. This ring is a crazy showstopper, the way it reflects light is mesmerizing.

Spalted Maple Bowls & Salad Servers (Neighbor): Not just for food, these gorgeous bowls can be used as decoration around the house as well as looking stunning at the dinner table. Use them to keep your fruit in the kitchen, or (if you’re like me) to hold all of your bracelets in the bedroom.

Eyebrow Tint (Oloorea): This little luxury always leaves me feeling so great! It’s a quick and easy way to perk up your look. So much fun to do with friends and Michaela is a dream boat with a magical touch.

Vintage Statement Earrings (Mercy): No matter how sloppy my outfit, I always want to be decked out in jewelry. These earrings are easy outfit elevators and make great gifts for friends & family.

Another Feather Bracelets (Good Stock): Did I mention I’m into jewelry? These cuffs are so good stacked!! They also look stunning on their own. Interesting details and thoughtful silhouettes integrate easily with other jewelry and are appealing to all aesthetics.

We would like to take a minute to acknowledge the fire last weekend in Oakland. We lost people we love. We are devastated. In honor of those lost, we will be donating a portion of our sales this Saturday to the families. It is a small gesture, but in this time of feeling helpless, it is something.

We want to thank you for making The Piedmont Ring a one stop shopping destination in Oakland. As a token of our gratitude, we are giving away $1200 in the form of 12 gift certificates for $100 each.

The Piedmont Ring: Mercy Vintage, Oloorea, Good Stock and Neighbor are each giving 3 x $100 gift certificates to the first 12 people to spend $100 in each of our shops (tax not included).

To receive a gift certificate: Pick up a stamp card from any one of the stores. Then, spend $100 in each of the Piedmont Ring stores: Neighbor, Good Stock, Oloorea, Mercy Vintage. Return to Mercy Vintage with your completed stamp card. The first 12 people to spend $100 in all 4 stores will receive a gift certificate.

(This can be done in multiple transactions over time; however the gift certificates are given on a first come, first serve basis - when the 12 gift certificates have been given away the promotion ends, and there are only 3 gift certificates from each store.)

There are so many special things in our shops that can make many of the people on your list happy. We want to reward you for supporting us this holiday and let you know how much it means. Where you spend your money is your power.

On Friday November 25th, come inside. Say hello, meet us, and know that there is a space for you. We are not a traditional “Black Friday” sale, we open our doors and attempt to do something different.

We are a face on your street, when you buy groceries, pick up your dry cleaning and walk with your loved ones.

When you look in our windows at the lights or the mannequins and at the things that are displayed there, we ask that you come inside.

Meet the Piedmont Ring. We have come together to solidify the power of our community, as a sisterhood of shops with like-minded goals and ideas about slow fashion and the hand produced wares that continue to support the makers and manufacturing our country was built on. We hold the ideas of old and we support and create a space where they are available to you. Our small businesses need you.

Mercy Vintage, Good Stock, Oloorea and Neighbor are the Piedmont Ring. We have met over the course of the last 2 months to create a holiday destination for you and your family to enjoy and celebrate in. We will have maker pop-ups, food and beverages, music and community throughout the four businesses.

You can see a banner of words painted through our three windows illustrating the vibe we hope to inhabit. We are all deeply affected by what transpired on November 8th and yet we want to continue to serve you and our community.

Since the election we have decided to give money from your sales to organizations in alignment with us, so far: She Should Run and Planned Parenthood. On the weekend after Thanksgiving we will donate to the ACLU. This is something we will continue to do throughout the next 4 years.

Our sale over the Thanksgiving weekend (Friday and Saturday) will discount your purchases as follows:10% off of 100 or more15% off of 200 or more20% off of $300 or more

Coming out to support your local community will empower us to be advocates for what we want for our future. The power of a collected conscience can be greater than an individual effort, and by allowing us to make the donations, together, we create a greater impact.

Mercy Vintage our pioneer on Piedmont Avenue going 8 years strong, Good Stock just hit 5 and Neighbor will be 3 in December, Oloorea is our baby at 1 year plus. We are women-owned and we believe in small business as an important vector of any healthy community; the alternative is corporate run with our voices lost.

What we experienced on November 8th is an opportunity for change. Complacency is no longer an option. Let us be a place where you know your voice can be heard.

We wish nothing more than for our street to thrive and continue to be alive and powerful. This is an old Oakland Street, and one of the last of its kind; the merging of both old and new keeps it unique and fresh.

To quote George Saunders, “Let today be a National Attempt To Have an Affectionate/Tender Thought About Someone of the Opposing Political Persuasion Day.” [from Mary Kerr, Aftermath: Sixteen Writers on Trump’s America]

Join us in the Neighbor backyard for a Korean foodfest with a mini workshop and pop-up market hosted by Sky Creatives on Saturday 5th November from 12pm -3pm. There'll be a demo on Traditional vs. California Bibimbap, with a variety of Banchan for you to taste. Plus Korean food brand Chung Jung One will be providing their new Gochujang Sauce for you to take home. If you are new to Korean food and interested in learning more about Korean home-cooking, this event is for you.

RSVP for the event on Sky Creatives Facebook event HERE so they know exactly how many delicious treats to bring along.

With a proliferation of artisans filling our instagram feeds it's impossible not to want to try your hand at a craft or two. Enter the HandMake range from Tepluste. Made from beautifully the fragrant Hinoki Cyprus wood, these server sets allow you to create your own pieces of handy work. Each piece pops out of it's temple and from there you follow the instructions to carve and sand your way to the finished tool.

The wood used is sustainable produced in northeast Okayama, Japan, from timber that is part of the forest thinning process required for healthy forests.

On Friday 3rd June we will be saving a parking space out the front of Neighbor for the wonderful Small Room Collective airsteam. We can't wait to spend the day hearing about their travels and perusing their collection of goods from makers all over the U.S. Here's a blurb about who they are:

"Small Room Collective is a mobile mercantile & gallery space built in a gutted, hand-reconstructed 1963 Airstream Globetrotter, affectionately known as Bob Mapplethorpe. We feature art, pressed vinyl, apparel and small goods from independent makers and shakers as well as vintage clothing gathered on our travels across the U.S."

As the weather warms everyone should have that perfect blanket in their collection for picnics in the park, bonfires on the beach or reading your favorite book under a tree in your backyard. So we will thirlled when the new delivery of Nipomo blankets arrived. What we love about Nipomo is that you can always have a blanket that is beautiful, comfortable and practical.

Nipomo are based in CA, their blankets are handmade in Mexico and their leather straps are handmade in San Francisco.

On Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May we will be hosting the wonderful women from Radiant Human, and their aura photography lab. Below is an explanation of the process taken from the website.

" WHAT IS ITRadiant Human is the first of it's kind: A roving, fully adaptable aura photography laboratory; a uniquely immersive salon of extrasensory image-making. It's a whole thing. We foster the ephemeral and make the metaphysical tangible. We make polaroid photographs of you and your aura. We come to you.

HOW IT WORKSThe camera works on the principle that we all have electricity in our body and that electricity radiates past our skins surface. This camera uses hand sensors that pick up this electricity and through a proprietary algorithm, matches this electricity to a color, then that color comes out as a dual exposure. "

The sheepskins from Black Sheep (White Light) are always a talking point in the store. The unique length of the wool and stunning colors often pique our client's curiosities. They come from Icelandic sheep who are blessed with flowing locks and whose color is dependent on three genes, with a white pattern being the most dominant. You will find white, white with spots, black with spots and plain black.

What we love most about them though is that they are eco tanned, and meet strict EU directives concerning environmental preservation and protection. This means that not only is the production of them not harmful to the environment, but that you aren't bringing any harmful fumes into your home.

Our brand new apothecary shelves are home to a new delivery of Morphologically candles, bath salts and room sprays. Created by Melissa McGill, a holistic nutritionist who has studied aromatherapy for the past 17 years, the range of scents can be grounding, energetically cleansing, meditative, or calming. We especially love the Golden Amber candle, with Frankincense and Peru Balsam perfect for opening the heart chakra.

Brooklyn based textile artist and designer Dana Haim is coming to Oakland for the first time to share how to make unique and colorful pom-poms! Students and DIY lovers will learn various techniques Dana uses in her work, such as setting up templates, marbling, speckling, colorblocking, and shape trimming, as well as explore different methods for stranding and hanging your creations into garlands, mobiles, or wall-hangings.

Dana has been featured in ABC Carpet and Home, BIRD NY, Stone Fox Bride, One Kings Lane, Spring, Sight Unseen, The New York Times, and more.

Tickets are $75 and includes all materials, some light snacks and a whole heap of fun! You can purchase tickets online from Eventbrite or in person at Neighbor.